Gilbert Baker created the original pride flag in 1978. Baker was urged by Harvey Milk to create a symbol for the LGBT community and he chose a flag, which he saw as the most powerful symbol of pride.

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

Victims of a school shooting, a state senator, police officers, prisoners of war and those still missing in action are among those being honored this weekend as several states fly flags at half-staff.

The ethnic armed organisation in Myanmar Chin National Army (CNA) has taken full control over the border town in the western state of Myanmar amid clashes with its country's army. The CNA has ...

But in other (rarer) cases, there could be more to that rogue chin hair than meets the eye. If you've noticed excessive or repeated growth of facial hair, or are wondering what on earth is going ...

History In the early days of the French Revolution, the three colours were initially brought together in the form of a cockade. In July 1789, just before the taking of the Bastille, Paris was in a ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...